[tlug] exec -a

[Ryan Shaw <ryan.shaw@example.com>]

hello,

i have a bash question that has been bugging
me. i could have sworn that i used to be able
to use "exec -a" in a bash script to rename
processes, and then i could later find them
using pidof.

like this:

$ exec -a mydaemon daemon

then later:

$ pidof mydaemon
746

but today i can't this to work. the exec
command seems to ignore the "-a" flag, so
"pidof daemon" returns a value but "pidof
mydaemon" returns nothing.

any ideas?

ryan